Chapter 431: A Bloody Wind and Angry Waves
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Rumble!
Pukou, which is separated from the Jinling River, suddenly heard a fierce crackling sound, Xia Chengde led thousands of Qing troops pretending to be refugees, and rushed to the granary on the shore;
And the Tartars, who had already mixed in as laborers, not only detonated explosives and caused chaos, but also set fires everywhere and burned the granaries.
Pukou is an important place for the Qin army to transport grain and grass supplies to the north, Liu Meng's 50,000 troops on the south bank of the Chu River are all counting on the delivery of grain and grass supplies here, and there are dozens of temporary warehouses by the wharf, and the forage is transported from the south bank to be used here.
Xia Chengde tried his best, and he didn't know where to get the grain and grass officer that the two women gave to the wharf, so that dozens of his subordinates could be mixed in as laborers.
With these people as an internal response, Xia Chengde was easily successful, and the explosions and fires, as well as the sound of killing everywhere, first made the twenty or thirty thousand people on the dock chaotic, scattered and fled, and by the way, the two or three thousand Qin soldiers were also disrupted.
Xia Chengde personally led the soldiers to rush in, and cut people when he saw them, which made the people even more panicked, trampling on each other and killing countless people;
Xia Chengde took the opportunity to lead people to set fire to the grain and grass hoarded in the warehouse. The fire spread rapidly, raging, and black smoke rose into the sky.
Fang Zhen, the defender of the Qin army, saw that the grain and grass were burned, panicked for a while, and hurriedly ordered half of the soldiers to put out the fire, so that the remaining half of the soldiers were defeated by Xia Chengde and retreated step by step, causing the situation to be out of control, and finally the fire was not saved, and the casualties were very heavy.
Fortunately, Xia Chengde was worried about the arrival of reinforcements from the Qin army, and after seeing that the fire was out of control, he quickly withdrew. They were very shrewd, and as soon as they withdrew, they immediately broke into pieces and turned back into refugees.
There were already a large number of refugees in Jiangbei, and the panic caused by the Duoduo army moving south caused more people to join the fleeing team, and Xia Chengde's men were scattered among the refugees, and it was very difficult to find them.
This fire burned the tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass that were ready to be transported to Liu Meng's army, and the thick black smoke blew into Jinling City. The military and civilians of Jinling City were shocked.
After receiving the report from Pukou. The first assistant Sima Angu could not be held responsible, so he found the household department as soon as possible, and asked Liu Boquan to immediately reallocate the grain and grass, this cold winter wax moon. The soldiers could hardly support themselves without a full meal.
In case Liu Meng's tens of thousands of troops collapsed due to lack of food. The consequences are unimaginable.
Meanwhile. He Liang, the secretary of the military department, also quickly dispatched the general Yang Pu to lead 3,000 cavalry across the river to search for spies
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The two armies of Ning Yuan and Xihan fought bloodied in Suzhuang, and it was difficult to separate. The snow on the ground had been dyed red by pools of blood, and the smoke of gunpowder made it difficult for people to breathe, and the sound of fierce killing was heard for more than ten miles.
The Qing army besieged from all sides, with horses' hooves like a tide and arrows like rain; The Qin army used the car array and houses to block it, and the bullets whistled and the murderous atmosphere was in the sky.
Just as the battle between the two armies was heating up, there was a sudden dull sound of horses' hooves from the west.
The Qing army rangers on the periphery on guard rushed to Xihan with a soldier who had escaped from Lai'an, and reported in a panic: "Bei Ziye, it's not good, we are defeated, General Li Guohan and Li were killed, and the three thousand army were all defeated, Bei Ziye, hurry, Su Jin is chasing after him, and he is about to catch up."
"What do you say? Li Guohan is dead? It can't be, it can't be! Dare to mess with the hearts of our army, slash! "Sihan went crazy, drew his knife, and with a hideous face, he could hardly bear to hack to death the Tartar who had fled to report the news.
But there was already a thunderous sound of horses' hooves in the west, which is an indisputable fact, Li Guohan was ordered to besiege Lai'an, and without an order, he would definitely not act without authorization.
That is to say, ninety percent of the troops who come are enemy troops.
All this came too suddenly, too unexpectedly, Xihan's expression changed, and the nearby Qing troops were all shocked when they heard it.
All of their 7,000 men and horses had been thrown into the battle of besieging Ningyuan, in order to quickly break the enemy. Su Jin suddenly killed from behind, this is fatal!
"Withdraw! Evacuate! Sihan suppressed his anger and quickly ordered the withdrawal of his troops.
The whining horn sounded, and the Qing army, which was fighting with the Qin army in full swing, suddenly heard the horn of emergency retreat, and was at a loss for a while, some were still attacking, and some hurriedly withdrew, and they were in a mess.
Xi Han's reaction was not unpleasant, but Su Jin came faster, he almost chased after the rout soldiers under Lai'an City, Xi Han had just received the rout and reported it, and Su Jin had also killed.
The cold wind howled, the black flag was like a cloud, and the five thousand Xuanjia cavalry spread out for several miles, like a black torrent rushing through the dry rice fields in winter, unstoppable, countless shouts and the sound of raindrops of horses' hooves converged together, like an angry sea rushing, and the sound shook the sky.
The retreating Qing army was even more panicked, like a plate of scattered sand, and the Qin army surrounded by them in the village was also beating war drums at this time, cheering, "Our reinforcements have arrived, kill the enemy!" Fight the enemy! ”
Under Ning Yuan's order, his only 800 cavalry took the lead to kill, and the more than 10,000 infantry behind formed a circle formation and also rushed out.
Many Qing troops only hurriedly withdrew when they heard the horn of emergency retreat, and they didn't know what was happening in Ludao, but as soon as they withdrew, they immediately collided with Su Jin's iron cavalry.
Su Jin's rocket soldiers once again became a nightmare for the Qing army, where the Qing army gathered more, and soon three or five rockets would shoot over, blowing up the Qing army.
This kind of rocket slip is not only lethal, but also light and easy to carry, and can be hung on the victory hook on the side of the saddle.
After loading the rockets in advance, there was no need to even dismount, as long as the horse slowed down, the black cover of the horse's head was pulled down, and the horse's eyes were blindfolded to shoot.
Su Jin personally led a thousand elites, rushed towards Xihan's handsome banner, Xihan also hurriedly gathered thousands of men, seeing Su Jin rushing forward, Xihan understood that if he fled, his six or seven thousand men and horses would collapse completely, so he could only grit his teeth to meet him.
"Shoot, shoot at the enemy's banner, quick!" Su Jin shouted, and the heralds around him raised their banners, and twenty rocket soldiers were immediately assigned to each wing.
They slowed down their horses slightly, drew their fire breakers with one hand, and ignited them in the wind, then removed the rockets loaded with shells from the victory hooks, lit the fuse, and then carried them to their shoulders to aim, the whole process was slow, but in fact it was only a matter of seconds.
One by one, the recoilless rockets are in the "Chirp! Chirp! After the sound, the rockets roared towards the enemy formation two or three hundred paces away with dazzling tail flames, like a comet striking the moon.
"Get out of the way! Avoid it" Xihan's eyes were about to split, and the terrifying tail flames in his pupils quickly became larger, and he shouted twice, thirty or forty rockets had already roared, and a ball of fire exploded around him, rushing up, and the flying shrapnel raged and harvested the lives of the Qing army, and the strong shock wave tore the bodies of many horses and rushed into the air.
The Qin army did not have many rockets, so they concentrated on decapitation, a strategy that was extremely successful, and Xihan's banner was blown to pieces.
When the first rocket exploded seven or eight paces away, he narrowly escaped, but he didn't have to think about it, and the second and third came roaring, almost all of them coming towards his handsome flag.
Rumble! Rumble! Two loud bangs, the rocks shattered, the front legs of Xihan's war horse were blown off, and the fierce tumbling out of the jaw;
A piece of shrenchel shot through Sihan's jaw, and the terrifying power instantly shattered Sihan's entire jaw.
Sihan was knocked out of the horse several feet away, and the slush splashed, he was crushed under the horse, unable to move, and his whole jaw was shattered, he was not dead for a while, but the sharp pain made his brain dizzy.
He saw a mad war on a rampage, sometimes the rumbling iron hooves stepped past him, and none of the Qing troops who were scattered could take care of him, even if they wanted to save him, they couldn't control the crazy war horses.
The earth trembled violently, the cavalry of the Qin army condensed into a formation, like a huge awl, fiercely chiseled, and the slush splashed by iron hooves flew away, and Sihan's pain was very relieved, and an iron hoof trampled down brutally when he was about to faint
Bang! Xihan, who was once mighty and brave, and once invincible, instantly turned the world world in front of him into endless darkness forever.
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Today, I have the support of my brothers, and on the monthly ticket list, I stabbed ten people in the chrysanthemum, which is very cool! It's been a long time since it's been so refreshing! It's really a Haohu crazy, Su Lin is rampant, and it breaks the real pearl rope. The jade dragon fought fiercely, and the scales and armor fell all over the sky
Ahem,Please forgive me for my madness.,I've been stabbed during this time.,Today I finally stabbed back a dozen or so.,Good mood.,Good state.,So far today, I've coded out two chapters.,Rush to work at night.,Maybe you can code out a chapter.,All of this is thanks to the support of the brothers.,Say goodbye! After the last, I continued to beg for a monthly pass, to see if we could stab a few more, and I hope the brothers will not fall down!.
(To be continued......)